Article about female Marvel characters that should have their own movie

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Interesting choices.

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Would be great to see them bring Carol Danvers into the Avengers movies.

Someone brought it up in the other Avengers thread about bringing her in to "replace" Coulson during the stand alone titles...and then have her gain her powers in the Avengers 2.

Maybe it's just me but about the only ones I could see actually happening anytime soon are She-Hulk and Spider-Girl, more so with the former because the later could be bogged down with all the non-references to Spider-Man.

I could see several of these characters sprinkled into to the upcoming movies. For instance we saw that Sif had a good chunk of screen time in the first Thor movie.

But I really sadly doubt any of these will get their own stand-alone movie anytime soon. I think the only way it would happen is if a law were passed that the only movies that could ever be made had to be comic book based movies - only then would they need to dig deep enough to find some of these relatively lesser known characters. I figure the only ones who might have a chance are Black Widow (who's already gotten lots of screen time spread across several movies) or She-Hulk (who'd likely just get dismissed as an attempt to glom onto to the recent positive reaction to the Hulk).

I realize we are talking about Marvel characters here but after the critical failures of Catwoman and Elektra I seriously think the only way any other female superheroine is going to get a chance is if someone out there finally makes a half-way decent Wonder Woman movie. She's the best known superheroine as far as the "general public" (a.k.a. non-comic readers) goes and will likely be the only character any big studio will risk an entire movie on at this point. Once she makes it then I think other female characters can follow.

I always thought She-Hulk could be a fun moive. If they keep the spirt of the comics and make fun of comic conections..

..and Squirrel girl moive would be awesome!

Have to agree with Lothic on this.

Though some of their choices don't tend to have their own solo tiles now. Wasp being a noted one.

Also, some of these suggestions are likely tied to Sony or Fox. Dazzler and quite possibly Firestar since she's a mutant likely are tied in with Fox.

I'd love to see some of these made into movies for sure! Marvel Girl, Spider-Girl, and She-Hulk for sure!

They'd need some good writing though. Having a female lead has obsticles to get over. Catwoman & Electra bombing doesn't help anything. Then there's the male going audience who might not care for the female lead.

Not to mention some of the political garbage it would have to get over, and if it bows down to that, fan outcry.

Risky for those who make the movies.

Sif - Eh, nope. Don't see there being enough of a hook to draw non-comic fans.

Monica Rambeau - Naw. I think a bigger name character would be needed... definitely a bigger name than one who really was most famous using someone elses.

White Tiger - Having a female hispanic character would be interesting... but I also see some backlash on why she's the White Tiger instead of "Hispanic Tiger". Ok, not serious picketing or anything, but I see enough snide derision to not have it be ideal.

Firestar - I see this as a possibility. She has some name recognition (She was in Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, she's shown up in comics a decent amount of times) and her powers don't take too much to explain.

Dazzler - I kind of think this may be the most possible. No flight which would help keep special effects budget down, could also try to hook people with some good music.

Spider-Girl - I think this would suffer from the "Just give us the real thing" sentiment of many who aren't comic fans generally. Who cares about Spider-Girl when they want Spider-Man? (Not my sentiment, just saying general public...)

Misty Knight and Colleen Wing - I could sort of see this... But only as a general "Heroes for Hire" type movie. You throw Power Man and Iron First into this movie and you have something for everyone.

She-Hulk - Same sentiments as with Spider-Girl

The Wasp - Eh, I really don't think this is an ideal choice. I think as an animated picture it could work, but I think as a live action people would just get sick of the tiny woman flying around? *shrug*

Carol Dancer / Captain Marvel - As others have talked about, if she was slowly introduced and people got to know her a bit, I could see this working... But just shooting it as a totally solo picture without the groundwork before hand? Eh, I dunno.

I think Ms. Marvel/Carol Danvers could work. With Thanos being introduced as a villain for the next movie, that will bring Mar-Vell into play from the Kree. Have Carol play a SHIELD agent assigned to work with the Avengers. She bumps into Mar-Vell during the conflict, things happen, power transfer, and you have a nice Ms. Marvel (or just take her straight to Captain Marvel, since that's who she'll be in the comics coming up). She could be a small element of the 2nd film, then make her a bigger part of the team in the 3rd movie and see if she could possibly jump to carrying a solo film. With the right actress in the part, I think it could happen.

Browsing women superheroes via the Marvel Universe wiki I could only find 5 I thought could really carry a solo movie.


Dazzler - not a movie I am dying to see but I think she has an interesting enough, yet simple enough, storyline that it could be pulled off.

Firestar - again, a self contained story very easily told here.

Hellcat - ok, this could suffer by some comparing her o cat woman and that flop but I think she is different enough and the character open enough that they could o something unique...

Jessica Jones - tell the Alias storyline and I would definitely go see this. For my money this is a far far better idea than Misty Knight and Colleen Wing. Enough superhero story to snag those people and enough not to not turn others off... Get Stana Katic from Castle and I'm waiting in line for this

Valkyrie - mainly I needed a fifth but I think she would be a much more interesting choice than Sif.


So, who is on your list of what could work or should be made?

Anything X-Men is in the hands of Fox, anything Spidey-related is in Sony's hands and they've already rebooted Spiderman in less than a decade after the original trilogy they put out (and not in the same way as Batman which had Arnold Schwarzeneggar making ice jokes and bat-nipples).

She-Hulk I can see happening somewhat because her becoming a hulk isn't an either-or situation which could lead to a 'finding your path' storyline much like in Monsters vs Aliens where the female lead has a 'nice' life but when things change her she has to find a new outlook and embraces being Ginormica.

Sif could also be a good lead-up/companion movie to Avengers 2 if they give her a bad guy that could be defeated and show up later, part of a second tie-in round of movies. She could always handle the return of Red Skull too before he returns to Earth to face Captain America.

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I would love a Rogue origin story. You know She finds out she has powers that when she touches someone to long they go in a coma Mystique brings her on with The Brotherhood she takes Ms. Marvles powers then joins the X-Men. That would be the jist of it anyway

It's X-Men related so it would probably hold up in theaters.

I think Ms Marvel would be the most realistic prospect to land a solo movie, but only if the groundwork of introducing Carol Danvers as a SHIELD agent is laid out, like many have said. I could also see that as being an incredibly fun movie, as she is a really fun character with alot of depth and history.

I was kind of surprised to not see Jessica Drew, AKA Spider-Woman on the list. Great history, and she could easily be introduced in a Captain America sequel, leading into a redeeming style solo flick of her breaking from Hydra. Also an agent of SHIELD. Unless Sony can somehow block that, despite her lack of ties to ole' web-head.

I think they could easily spin a She Hulk Movie out of a Hulk sequel, and not bother having her as part of the Avengers later. I think it would be a solid mix of Iron Man and Hulk, lighter in content but heavy in destruction.

Wish list would be to see a Cloak & Dagger movie/ show, great concept of characters and powers, but never really utilized to their potential.

A solo movie for any of them would be a non-starter unless a lot of groundwork were laid. I'd rather they show up as supporting cast in the current slate of :2s and :3s and then an all-girl Avenger movie. Sort of like Charlie's Angels, but... good.

Looks at the requirements here,
-strong enough to carry a movie
-some recognition beyond those of us who read comics
-not strongly associated with a single team (this would exclude Sue Storm, Wasp, Scarlet Witch, and the X-babes)
So to me this would mean
1) Black Widow she has already been introduced in the Avengers and Ironman
2) Spider-Woman decent recognition beyond the comic book community and sort of a tie in to Spider-man, it would be a matter of which one, Drew would be the most recognizable, although I think Carpenter would be more interesting, both of their origins are independent of Spider-man.
3) Ms.Marvel the closest Marvel has to Wonder Woman, it would be difficult to explain her origin without explaining Capt.Marvel, unless they give him Abin Sur treatment, which would change her origin.
4) She-Hulk you would still need to bring the Hulk in, in order to explain her, bright side here, the Hulk is better known than Capt.Marvel.

There's been a trend of movies with an action heroine at the helm; as long as they stay low budget and low profile, successes can be made from them.

Any attempt to over-nerd it could kill it.


I think Marvel has done well with their straight to home animated titles, like 'Spider Woman: Agent of Sword' and should follow that approach to build up lesser known characters and better-than-hollywood stories.

Bring Buffy into the Marvel Jossiverse.

I could see a SHIELD movie focusing on Black Widow and Hawkeye, but with cameos from one or more of the other Avengers. None of the other women mentioned have enough recognition to carry a movie. There might be a Hulk movie that includes the creation of She-Hulk, but unless something special happens, she still isn't big enough (public-wise) to carry her how movie.

While Charlize Theron would do a great job, another great actress for Ms. Marvel would be Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah from "Chuck"). Yvonne has great comedy experience, is good with dramatic scenes and can clearly handle the action.